Search
Search Results
-
Girls and Porn
This chapter centres young women in terms of their experiences with and perspectives on porn and its performers, porn use and porn users. Starting...
-
The Promises of Empowered Girls
Everyone loves empowered girls – those “can-do” girls who succeed in school, postpone motherhood, have a voice, star in athletics, and believe they...
-
Girls Don’t Walk Alone: Supporters’ Investment in Welcoming Girls and Women into Fields of IT
Schools have an important role to play in making youth choose less gender-stereotypical educations. Schools can also play a significant role in...
-
Girls’ Interpretive Repertoires
Chapter 5 delves into girls’ interpretive repertoires (Wetherell and Potter 1992) of what it means for young girls today to fashion themselves after...
-
Exploring the Discipline Gap: Is School Bonding Protective Against Suspension for Black Girls?
A growing body of literature has shown that Black girls are disciplined at disproportionate rates compared to their peers. However, less is known...
-
Understanding Girls’ Dressing
Chapter 1 critically examines the discourse of sexualisation that has be argued to gain hegemonic status (Renold and Ringrose 2013) in the way that...
-
YouTube and Girls’ Dressing
Chapter 3 first examines tween girls’ dressing from a popular culture paradigm. It attends to the popular argument in the discourse of sexualisation...
-
Religion, Women, and Girls’ Rights in Zimbabwe: the Case of Zimbabwe’s Johanne Marange Apostolic Church
The study sought to understand the position of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church on women and girls’ rights in Zimbabwe. Engaging in this study...
-
Ethnic–Racial Discrimination Exposure and Anxiety in Latina Girls: Amygdala Volume as an Indirect Neurobiological Pathway
Ethnic–racial discrimination, the differential treatment of individuals based on ethnic or racial group membership, predicts poor mental health...
-
Gatekee** girls’ access to education: an exploration of matrilineal relationships, gatekeepers, and contentions at the micro-household-level
The lack of attention to micro-politics at the household-level makes us miss the gatekee** strategies that family members at the micro...
-
Divergent experiences of Syrian refugee girls in Tripoli, Lebanon: a cross-sectional analysis to inform response and programming
BackgroundIn prior studies exploring the experiences of Syrian refugee girls in Tripoli, Beqaa, and Beirut, especially in relation to child marriage,...
-
Who are the Happy Girls? Gender Comparison Using a Biopsychosocial Approach: Health Behavior School-Aged Children Study in Portugal During Covid-Pandemic
From an ecological perspective, this study aimed to understand and characterize the similarities and differences between girls and boys regarding the...
-
Winter Wonderland: Girls’ Interactive Relationship with the Arctic Environment
This chapter draws on research and young people’s own experiences to examine what life is like for girls in the Arctic in winter. It is essential...
-
Assessing Initiatives Taken to Safeguard and Support Victims of Sexual Abuse in Dowa District: A Case Study of the Spotlight Initiative Under the Girls Empowerment Network (GENET)
In Malawi, sexual abuse disproportionately affects girls and young women, emphasizing the need for effective interventions to safeguard their...
-
Tween Girls' Dressing and Young Femininity in Singapore Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast?
This book provides an insight into girls’ cultural identities and young femininities through an understanding of tween girls’ dressing in Singapore....
-
Exiting Commercial Sex Work: a Case of Adolescent Street Girls of the Harare Central Business District in Zimbabwe
The paper interrogates narratives of adolescent street girls of the Harare Central Business District, Zimbabwe, exiting commercial sex work. A...
-
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Iranian Teenage Girls: Consequences of Sharing Sexual Content in a Sexually Conservative Culture
Adolescence is a crucial period for identity formation and sexual exploration, and many adolescents turn to online media platforms to enhance this...
-
Knowledge and Practices of Menstrual Hygiene of the Adolescent Girls of Slums in Siliguri City, India: A Cross-Sectional Study
BackgroundGirls in their adolescence confront various obstacles regarding menstruation and its effective management. Because of the lack of space and...
-
Bridging the Digital Divide for Girls in India: Logging Her in!
The death by suicide of a class IX girl because she could not access online classes due to lack of a smart phone in June 2020 in Kerala is just a...
-
Sporty Girls Gender, Health and Achievement in a Postfeminist Era
This book engages with the ongoing question of why many girls stop doing sport and physical activity in their teenage years. Previous research has...